Parish of Leatherhead - Enthronement of the Ninth Bishop of Guildford
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Revd Christopher Hill was enthroned at a special
service in Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 27th
November 2004. The Dean of Guildford, the Very Revd
Victor Stock, greeted Bishop Christopher at the West
Door. He was then anointed by the Bishop of Dorking
before being conducted to the Episcopal chair by the
Archdeacon of Canterbury, for his Enthronement. Local dignitaries present included the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mrs Sarah Goad (representing HM The Queen), the High Sheriff of Surrey, Dr Grace Dowting, the Mayor and Mayoress of Guildford, and the Chairman of Surrey County Council, Mrs Sheila Gruselle. Fifty-nine-year-old Bishop
Christopher is married to Hilary and they have four
grown up children, Vivian, Felicity, Adrian and
Edmund. He has been Area Bishop of Stafford for the
past eight years. Prior to that he was a Residentiary
Canon at St Paul's Cathedral, London, and before that
on the Archbishop's staff as adviser on Foreign
Relations and Ecumenical Affairs. He began his
ministry with two curacies in the Lichfield Diocese. |
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